spring, lichen, moss

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Last Saturday night turned clear so were fortunate to be able to watch the supermoon’s rise but were not so impressed with it, for we’ve seen better, August moons for example, though it looked pretty reflected on the sea.

Sunday and the spring equinox was glorious with clear blue skies and warming sunshine, so rare, so missed and impossible to resist. Birds entertained us with their singing above us in the trees while we worked most of the day in the garden, cleaning, pruning, spreading compost around the blueberry bushes, that sort of thing.

I even started some vegetable seeds at last. The solarium was very warm for them that day but unfortunately turned cold again that night and since. I keep moving the seed trays around inside the house trying to find a warm place for them. Snow still keeps coming down on the mountains, no worries about enough water for summer’s drought.

I found an intriguing twig under the magnolia tree and brought it in to scan later after finishing the garden chores. Today I’ve been having some fun with the images. Here are two for your enjoyment, more to come…

more tree fungi

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tree fungi

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forest sentinel

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One rare and brilliant sunny day, ten days ago,
we came upon this proud ancient sentinel of the forest

round and white

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another stone from the windowsill
smooth, cool and mysterious
transformed in this scan to something
egg-like, translucent, almost alive

a white stone

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two sides of a much-loved stone that resides on a windowsill
was it found by one of our children years ago?

sunbeam and shadow

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a long low late afternoon sunbeam
shines a spotlight on some dried flowers
and casts an intricate shadow on the wall
a surprise in an ordinary day

frost and thaw

Clear and cold.

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Days of rare sunshine.

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Skylights with night shades of solid white frost.

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Rising sun’s rays glance frozen glass. Thawing, changing, spreading patterns.

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Sun’s art as brilliant as Jack Frost’s.

(Captured between 8:40 and 8:43 a.m. on February 1st, 2011)
Related posts:
Winter sun and frost
Crackle
Frosty

rain forest

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After a week of sunny frosty weather, followed by a much too short-lived overnight snow, it’s been rain, rain and more rain with gloomy dark days calling for lights indoors. I keep my ‘daylight’ lamp on next to me in the hopes of lessening symptoms of SAD.

In a brief moment between showers yesterday, we were tempted into a walk to the park, only to be caught in the rain again. Thank goodness for umbrellas. Seeing the lush thick green moss growing high up tree trunks, interspersed with ferns reminded us of the beauty of our rain forest climate. Even the rocks were green with moss.

What a contrast to the dry tan and white scenery that we enjoyed over Christmas in the interior of BC. Each its own beauty.

leaves in ice #2

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preserved in time, temporarily

(view the first set of leaves in ice)